Fuji International Circuit, Japan April 4, 2006 Yasuo Shibazaki’s modern Ginetta G12 in the “Ginetta Cup.”Photo: Courtesy of the Japanese...
Close by the heart of Northern California’s wine country, and with tons of elevation changes to thrill and challenge a...
Elkhart Lake, WI September 16–17, 2006 Robert Boyce rounds Turn 6 in his 1965 Bill Thomas Cheetah.Photo: Vintage Velocity Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you...
I find it really hard to believe that this issue of Vintage Racecar is our 100th! I recently had a...
Phil Hill was the honored guest at the Goodwood Circuit Revival Meeting held September 1–3. The 1961 World Drivers Champion...
General Racing, Ltd., organizers of the Monterey Historic Automobile Races, have announced that the featured marque for the 2007 Historics will be the front-engine Indy roadster. From 1952–1964, front-engine roadsters, such as the racecars constructed by renowned builders, Kurtis, Watson, Lesovsky and Epperly, were dominant at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway....
December 2006 Marquis de Portago—The Legend By Ed McDonough The history of motorsport is rife with near mythical characters that,...
Cyril Terrence “Tom” Delaney, the World’s oldest licensed racing driver, passed away on September 1, he was 95. Earlier this...
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio August 17–20, 2006 Tom Barrick in his 1974 911RSR.Photo: Michael Casey-DiPleco Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access...
As many as seven rare and important racing Porsches from the company’s museum in Stuttgart, Germany, are expected to be...
Goodwood, Chichester, U.K. September 1–3, 2006 Lister snouts in their pens! Photo: Keith Booker Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our...
I’ve always been fascinated with the Goodwood Revival concept of “a magical step back in time.” For some time, I’ve...
In the boisterous opera that has been Italian auto racing, one of the grandest of performers made just the briefest...
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT August 4–5, 2006 The Daimler of Allen Miller shoots under the bridge.Photo: Michael Casey-DiPleco Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you...
Pietro Bordino Biography Bordino was born in Turin, November 22, 1887. The son of a Fiat caretaker he would spend...
1982 Lancia Rally 037 It’s midnight in late January and there’s a clear sky overhead with thousands of twinkling stars and a full moon. The white light is intensified by the deep snow lying all around. Despite the biting cold there is a buzz in the air as hundreds of...
A new department has been opened in the foundry of the old Maranello factory called Ferrari Classiche (Ferrari Classics). Its...
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT Date, 2006 Murray Smith’s Cooper T-51 leads the Group 4 open-wheel cars, at the start.Photo:...
Donington Park, U.K. September 23–24, 2006 Paul Osborn’s 1993 Ferrari F93A Grand Prix.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all...
In honor of this [December 2006] being our 100th issue, we reproduce here on the following pages some selections from...
Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium July 14–17, 2006 Christian Glasel’s beautiful Cobra Daytona Coupe finished 4th in the Masters GT and Endurance race.Photo:...
In the world of Australian motor sport, there is perhaps no more recognizable household name than that of legend Peter Brock. Commonly referred to as the “King of the Mountain,” Brock made his name racing touring cars, where he forged his legendary reputation on the back of nine wins in...
We raced the car with the V-12 for the first time at Brands Hatch, at the Race of Champions.I remember...
1966 Eagle-Weslake, Chassis 1G-102 We have had the discussion many times before…What is the greatest racecar of all time?…so we...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although there was a basic set of rules, the cars had to be two-seaters with bodywork covering the wheels, have doors, a windscreen, brake lights and various safety requirements. However, there...
This year’s Goodwood Revival Meeting was the seventh in the series—time flies when you’re having fun. One thing that marks...
The Glover Trophy; Goodwood, April 2, 1956. One of Klemantaski’s great shots: Stirling Moss in his private Maserati 250F really...
Garie Cooper Jurgen Barth 1 American Motors Corporation hires Craig Breedlove to set long-distance high-speed records with an AMX (1967). 2 Peter Arundell wins a one-car “race” at Monza, Italy. Journalist Richard von Frankenberg had accused Lotus of using an illegal engine in Arundell’s car in a race there a...